Orb Aerospace

Orb Aerospace (formerly Wind Craft Aviation) is a verified high-potential startup developing hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft for humanitarian and logistics missions. External validation confirms significant traction, including ~$2M in retained sales, Department of Defense contracts, and Thiel Fellowship backing for founder Alex Taylor. However, the submission itself is of extremely low quality, containing demonstrably false claims (e.g., 'most people have used my product') and lazy data entry ('marketcap: null'). While the project possesses high real-world utility and technical innovation, the final score is heavily penalized by the poor reliability of the submitted evidence.